1. What are you good at? I'm really good at drawing and painting.
2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? I feel really good because I usually do that to relax
and have fun.
3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? I would feel really bad because for me
art is like my life I love it a lot and if I was not able to paint I would really be mad all the time
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Chapter 1
1. What problems or conflicts are presented in chapter one? Tao needing to find a rabbit is an obvious one; identify at least two more.
Many of the conflicts in this story is that the hunters are not getting enough food for everyone.Another conflict is that no one care for Tao except for Kala.
2. Predict the resolution of each conflict.A resolution for the first problem that I wrote is that they can Go around with more hunters and spend more time hunting.
Chapter 2
What two important events happen in this chapter? Another important event is that Tao has not yet found a rabbit
and he is not able to go back to the hut until he finds a rabbit.Another one is that Tao goes into a place where people
say that there is evil spirits.
Chapter 3
1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together?They learn to hunt together and get enough food for each other.
2. What decision does Tao tell Volt?Tao tells Volt that he will leave the clan and go his own way with Ram.
3. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel.I am really mad at Tao because he is leaving us behind because we dont want a wolf dog in the clan.So now
he has left and who knows if he will come back.I am really dissapointed in Tao.
Chapter 4
In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. Start with an interest grabber. Then write your topic sentence. Give three details or examples to support your thesis. Use a quotation from the chapter.
Taos mom really cared about Tao.She was a really caring ,and loving.She protected Tao all the time.And Kala cared
about Tao's mom and Tao.Tao's mom died and Tao stayed with Kala for 14 years after his mother had died.He never
got to see his mother as he grew up.
Chapter 5
1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw?Tao tried to draw a horse and Ram the wolf dog.
2. Which is easier for him and why?Ram the wolf dog was the easiest to draw because he had Ram to guide him.
Chapter 6
1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they?That he hunts with a wolf dog
and that he goes to hunt at the slough.
2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet?He doesnt know that that Tao paints images in the caves.
3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging?
Prewrite
1. What are you good at? I'm really good at drawing and painting.
2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? I feel really good because I usually do that to relax
and have fun.
3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? I would feel really bad because for me
art is like my life I love it a lot and if I was not able to paint I would really be mad all the time
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Chapter 1
1. What problems or conflicts are presented in chapter one? Tao needing to find a rabbit is an obvious one; identify at least two more.
Many of the conflicts in this story is that the hunters are not getting enough food for everyone.Another conflict is that no one care for Tao except for Kala.
2. Predict the resolution of each conflict.A resolution for the first problem that I wrote is that they can Go around with more hunters and spend more time hunting.
Chapter 2
What two important events happen in this chapter? Another important event is that Tao has not yet found a rabbit
and he is not able to go back to the hut until he finds a rabbit.Another one is that Tao goes into a place where people
say that there is evil spirits.
Chapter 3
1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together?They learn to hunt together and get enough food for each other.
2. What decision does Tao tell Volt?Tao tells Volt that he will leave the clan and go his own way with Ram.
3. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel.I am really mad at Tao because he is leaving us behind because we dont want a wolf dog in the clan.So now
he has left and who knows if he will come back.I am really dissapointed in Tao.
Chapter 4
In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. Start with an interest grabber. Then write your topic sentence. Give three details or examples to support your thesis. Use a quotation from the chapter.
Taos mom really cared about Tao.She was a really caring ,and loving.She protected Tao all the time.And Kala cared
about Tao's mom and Tao.Tao's mom died and Tao stayed with Kala for 14 years after his mother had died.He never
got to see his mother as he grew up.
Chapter 5
1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw?Tao tried to draw a horse and Ram the wolf dog.
2. Which is easier for him and why?Ram the wolf dog was the easiest to draw because he had Ram to guide him.
Chapter 6
1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they?That he hunts with a wolf dog
and that he goes to hunt at the slough.
2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet?He doesnt know that that Tao paints images in the caves.
3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging?
Graybeard describes Volt as a good man.
Chapter 7
Write